Tormey Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105630
MRDS ID W013362
MAS/MILS ID 0160590092
Record type Site
Current site name Tormey Mine
Alternate or previous names Greenhorn, Tormay, Tornay, Torney

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.98286, 45.10545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6.75 MI SW OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 021E 33 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Center Of Sect. 33, On Ridge Top North Of Perreau Ck. (Formerly Corral Ck) 4.5 Mi West Of Mouth ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mica
  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.98286, 45.10545

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Salmon River Mountain Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS, MASSES
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 13.72M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Mine On E. Flank Of Salmon River Mtn. Anticline
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Mica, Oxidation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer John Tormey
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. M. And G. A. Snow, R. E. Wickham
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Tormey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 208.79M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 2 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1956, Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106, 102 P.

  • Production

    Anderson, A.L., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106 , 102 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528

  • Deposit

    Ross, C.P., 1925 , The Copper Deposits Near Salmon, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 774 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et Al., Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Shear Zone Curves From N 30 Deg W To N 70 Deg W; Rattlesnake Zone Strikes N 66 Deg W, Dips 55 Deg Sw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references